The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-03
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NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-rWenty thousand
0en are now on . strike among the coal
shoveIers, longshoremen. freight handlers
and men employed on the river front in
almost every capacity, ana the number IL
augmented 70 Olose on to forty thousand
by strikers on the Brooxly and Jersey
shores, and In cOnss quence 10 lie almost
Impossible tor any steamers tor Europe or
roestWIse 20 leave port. An order went
forth yesterday from the headquarters OF
the LonRshofemeu's union, which was
backed by Knighis OF Labor assembly No.
-. and this morning the men turned out.
The Old Dominion line has got a few men
working. At the headquarters of the
strikers it was reported ct noon that q
number Of green hands who were taken
on Monday bad Joined the strikers. The
men are 'nsIherably elGted at the favor
able reports that walking delegates are
brin sing In. One delegate stated that
not single steamer had been able Co take
. regular supply of coal, and consequently
could not sail on the day appointed. At
the Cunayd docks the GalliA could not
b discharged because the majority OF
pieco mon were turned out. The next
move will be 70 get the engineers on tug
hoats 20 refuse 10 burn coal or tow Il In.
Other labor organic atoms who are de-
peDdeat on the noal supply will be COM
Oualy aforementioned on account OF lack
OF coal. No disturbance occurred up to
nooa. The strikers believe the dispute
will DO settled before the end of the third
day.
WELL SUPPLIED WITH COAL.
LONG ISLAND CITY, Jan. 27.-The
coal arriving here at the Long Island
Railroad company's docks is being han
died without trouble, there being no in
dications of the strike extending to the
'longshoremen and dock laborers. The
numerous factories in this city have
coal enough on hand to last them some
weeks to come.
ITALIANS STRIKE.
JERSEY CITY, Jan. 27.-The fifty
Italians employed to fill the places of
the striking longshoremen at the Red
Star line dock in Jersey City were
this afternoon and the result
of the conference was a strike
by the Italians. They were subsequently
administered the oath of the Knights
Of Labor, and left Jersey City with the
delegates.
NO TROUBLE AT HoBoKEN.
At the Bremen and Hamburg piers
in HOboken there is no trouble among
the 1ongshoremen, as the companys en-
THE RIVERS BLOCKED.
At the Morgan company's dock, pieI
IS, the men went to work this morning
as the company agreed not to handle
any boycotted freight. The dock mas
ter had hard work to keep pace with
the demand, as much freight that was
delayed in consequence of the boycott
and strike is now being moved. At the
produce dock steamer was got away
NJ oh
have sailed on Tuesday night. The
Picquot, of the same line arrived to-day
but could not be unlOaded. There were
n number of foreigners, supposed to bt
Portuguese, and with the deck hand.
some of the cargo was moved int
the Office of the dock master. 1t wa;
stated that the company had got al
the coal it required for the use of it:
steamers and also all the men it needed
to unload the Picquot. On the docl
were about twenty men at work, bu
the scene was dull. Several canal boat
laden with coal were laid up at tn,
bulk heads, but there was no one to un
load them. An Anchor lin,
steamer was docked but no at
tempt was made to unload here
After the passengers had debarked boil
piers 20 and p belonging to the com
pany, were guarded by the police. \
pier 3, North river, there were vessel
waiting to have their freight moved
but no men could be procured to d
the work. 1t is expected that tn
Transatlantic steamers due out Sat
urday will not be able to leave on &C
count of their having no means of get
ting the vessels coal supply on board
The State of Georgia, of State line an
the Servia of the Hamburg line, tn
Independent of the Florio Rubatino lin
20 Tfnlxy vxyara nj 1alaua1 an
southern bound steamers due out to-da
are still here.
AGAIN OUT.
The Morgan line longshoremen VIII
had twice struck and gone back, subsE
quently went out again on the order G
a "black walker" and the work of load
ing steamers again was discontinued
Big piles of freight are stacked upon tn
pier awaiting shipment.